On the surface, Timmy Downs and Brandon Robinson are two of the top players in the Peach Belt Conference for the Clayton State Laker men's basketball team. On Saturday at rival Georgia College, they both proved it.

For 32 minutes on Saturday, the Clayton State Laker women's basketball team could not seem to shake a determined Georgia College team. However, the final eight minutes proved to be the difference for the Lakers.

The ice that caused hazardous driving and travel conditions throughout the Southern Crescent Monday and Tuesday, may continue to wreak havoc through the remainder of the week, according to Nate Mayes, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Q: "Recently, you wrote in your column about the ethics of point-of-sale coupon pads, and how shoppers shouldn't take more than they can reasonably use. Here is a hypothetical version of a similar situation. Your family loves Cereal X. A supermarket ad has it listed for a terrific price; it's such a great deal that you're ready to stock up. At the store, you find just six boxes of the cereal on the shelf. Without knowing if the store has any more in the stockroom, do you buy all six or do you leave some for other customers?"

It can be difficult to figure out how to honor a life, two lives in this story, but that's the task in front of me. What a strange passage to go from being told there's just one year of life left, only to find out there may be more time.